The Spanish dollars recovered were sent to Philadelphia, and (up to September, 1848) about seventy-five thousand dollars had been recovered and re-coined. The dollars were much corroded and encrusted, the coating having first to be removed, to bring the pieces into fit condition for minting; the loss from corrosion was considerable; one dollar with the impression still visible, being reduced to thirty-four cents in value. In the light of these and other facts, it is difficult to conceive how the pieces found in Texas, could have come so clean from their reputed berth, of over three hundred years, but they are worth keeping for all that, and General Meigs has the thanks of the Republic for them. COLONIAL COINAGES. [Illustration: PLATE I. NOVA CONSTELLATIO “QUINT.” 1783. NOVA CONSTELLATIO “MARK.” 1783. NOVA CONSTELLATIO, IMMUNE COLUMBIA. SOMMER ISLAND SHILLING. “HOGGIE.” NEW JERSEY IMMUNIS. CONFEDERATIO INIMICA, ETC. See description.] [Illustration: PLATE II. CONNECTICUT CENT, 1787. NEW ENGLAND ELEPHANT TOKEN. VERY RARE. 1694. GOOD SAMARITAN SHILLING, MASS. MASSACHUSETTS HALF CENT. 1787. MASSACHUSETTS CENT. NEW YORK. See description.] NOVA CONSTELLATIO. Obverse: An eye, the center of a glory, thirteen points cross, equidistant; a circle of as many stars. Legend: “NOVA CONSTELLATIO.” Reverse: “U. S. 500” inscribed in two lines, a wreath surrounding. Legend: “LIBERTAS JUSTITIA 1783.” Border, beaded; edge, leaf work. Known as the “Quint.” No. 2.—Obverse: An eye, around which a narrow, plain, circular field; outside a glory, thirteen points cross, equidistant; a circle of as many stars. Legend: “NOVA CONSTELLATIO.” Reverse: “U. S. 1000” inscribed in two lines, a wreath surrounding. Legend: “LIBERTAS JUSTITIA 1783.” Border, a wreath of leaves; edge, leaf work; silver; size, 21; weight, 270 grains. Known as the “Mark.” THE IMMUNE COLUMBIA. Obverse: An eye, on a small, plain, circular field; from the outside of the field radiates a glory of thirteen blunt points, crossing, equidistant, the spaces between as many stars in a circular constellation. Legend: “NOVA CONSTELLATIO.” Border, serrated. Reverse: The Goddess of Liberty, seated upon a paneled cubic pedestal, facing right; her left hand is well extended and balances the scales of justice. A short liberty staff, crowned with a cap and bearing a flag, rests against her right shoulder, and is supported by the right hand. Legend: “IMMUNE COLUMBIA.” Exergue: the date 1785. Border, serrated; edge, plain or milled; size, 17; weight, gold, 128.8 grains; silver, 92 grains; copper 148 grains. BERMUDA SHILLING—(“HOGGE-PENNY”). Obverse: Device—A hog, standing, facing left, above which are displayed the Roman numerals “XII.,” the whole surrounded by a beaded circle. Legend: “SOMMER ISLANDS” around which is a beaded circle like that enclosing the device.